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Mon, 16 Sep 2013 08:19:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1By: Edhttp://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/2010/07/29/shooting-a-plane-in-one-of-the-quietest-places-on-earth/#comment-211
Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:06:35 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/?p=1098#comment-211I’m the EMI test lead mentioned in the article, and I assure you that it’s real. It isn’t cgi, and no, you only have to have a secret clearance (and a reason) to enter. Pictures aren’t prohibited by Edwards Air Force Base – but they must be cleared by base security before you’re allowed to take any photographs.

This picture was taken by an official Air Force photographer, and was released to the public through the base Public Affairs Office (PAO).

@testforce reviews: The BAF isn’t a training facility, but rather a test facility. There is nothing secret about the way it was constructed – an anechoic chamber in China looks about the same as one in the United States. Why? Because the RF Absorbent Material (RAM) that is used in each chamber is designed to eliminate reflections and suppress signals that aren’t from the subject under test, from the equipment, and from emissions outside the chamber itself.

@Justin Lapp – the FAA controls all the airspace in the United States, so they want to make sure that if the Global Hawk will be flying in the same airspace as Cessnas and Bonanzas and Gulfstreams, it’s not going to run into another aircraft…therefore it must meet some of the same rules that any other airplane must meet. I’ve worked on certifying airplanes to FAA standards for companies, military organizations and even individuals. As a pilot, I agree that I don’t want something in the same airspace that I’m in that doesn’t meet some minimum requirements.

Tours of Edwards AFB are always available; the museum is on the base itself and the tours are usually available through the PAO office.

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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:49:51 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/?p=1098#comment-210The Global Hawk is an amazing aircraft. It is kind of interesting that the military will fly the thing anywhere in the world, including probably place where it is not authorized or cleared for, but it needs extra certification from the FAA to fly at home.
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Wed, 04 Aug 2010 01:52:34 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/?p=1098#comment-209The pic must be computer generated. I got a tour of Edwards AFB some time ago. I wasn’t even allowed to aim my camera in the direction of this building. There would have been no way for me to go inside — you need top secret clearance for that. I considered myself privileged to have even been able to see it at all. It is absolutely massive! Yes, you could easily fit a whole cargo plane inside (and then some). It made me and my life seem pretty small.
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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:26:50 +0000http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/?p=1098#comment-208from the article this photo is “live” as in real, but it looks like a computer generated representation. It must be part of the training facility ‘look’.
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